Metal Shooter - Review

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According to my experiences in the world of video games, Metal Slug is one of the most played and remembered series of games of this generation, in my case it was one of the series of video games with which I shared more with my family, especially with my cousins. His environment acclimated to war and the creativity of its scenarios and variety of weapons, made it really a great videogame to remember, it was even programmed and distributed by multiple platforms, among which stand out SNK and Sega.

Metal Shooter is a Shoot 'em up video game, which is being distributed by OneSoft Studio for the Android platform, the video game is based on the environment of the great series of Metal Slug video games. Metal Shooter gives us the opportunity to remember the series of Metal Slug video games, to have access to this video game through a mobile device is really something to value, fun, memories and nostalgia are clear feelings of this video game.

The environment of Metal Shooter is almost entirely oriented to the environment of Metal Slug, leaving survival, war and shooting as something representative in each of the games. As we move forward in the game we can face different rivals, bosses and scenarios, each one of course harder than the other as we move forward.

The current Metal Shooter scenarios are:

Jungle.

In this scenario we must survive in the dark jungle, our goal is to defend the citizens of the rival armed forces, as the first scenario presented to us does not have such an outstanding difficulty, we should only try to avoid bullets.

Railway.

This is the second scenario that we must face in the video game, here you lose the ease of the jungle scenario to enter a slightly more difficult mode, despite having an arduous task is to dodge and kill our rivals, in this map we must also take care of the mines and the falls of the railroad.

Mines.

As its name says, this scenario has large sectors full of mines, to eliminate the mines we must use the grenades and exploit them. This map is not only characterized by being almost entirely full of mines, it is also the map with the largest heavy machinery, it is said that behind the minefield there is an alien scenario.

Alien.

This map is characterized by having great creativity in terms of the appearance of the aliens, the great difficulty of this map is the large number of enemies they have, it is usually quite tedious to face so many subjects at a time while destroying the large aliens.

Chaos.

This curious scenario has well-named chaos, since in it we will find a mixture of all the creatures that we face in the four previous scenarios. Is it a revenge? Is it a way of making us feel hate? Nobody really knows, but the difficulty of the map is unimaginable.

Metal Shooter graphics are really impeccable, it manages to capture the essence of Metal Slug but with a much more impeccable graphics quality, some may say it is a much improved version. The ability to preserve the classic style of Metal Slug by improving the quality of graphics, is really a job to value a lot, since in it we can appreciate detail in detail a quality of graphics that allows us to feel the essence of the video game, without Let nothing escape from our hands.

Interface.

Really the video game has a simple interface and simple to understand, yes, it has a content within it quite good for what the game represents, according to the menu where we are, whether the store or the selection of characters, we can find special animations that give a touch of animation and humor to the game, all with the aim of keeping us entertained so we are outside the battle scenarios.

Game.

The shots and explosions are perhaps what captures the essence in this class of video games, Metal Shooter can find a wide variety of weapons according to the scenarios, which in their totality of shots all look really sharp. The heroes and rivals although it is usually a bit tedious to capture the essence of so many characters simultaneously, really have some textures to admire, since here it is possible to maintain an essence of classic videogame, all with a quality and much improved textures, besides the environment of each scenario that makes us feel inside the video game.

Probably many of us have in our memory those curious sounds of Metal Slug, that's why, as in the environment and graphics, Metal Shooter has a lot of content very similar to Metal Slug as far as sound is concerned. They stole the content of Metal Slug? Not really, because if it has a sound clarity a little more appreciable than in Metal Slug, because as we remember in Metal Slug you could notice a bit of distortion in the sound, that's something that Metal Shooter improves by much. You can easily appreciate the ability to make us feel in the flesh explosions and gunfire, in addition to the death of our rivals in the hands of our knife.

A gameplay to capture the essence of sound:

Youtube : Pryszard Gaming

Although the amount and variety of heroes is not an element that characterizes this class of video games, I must admit that Metal Shooter has managed to make each hero has a different type of game and charisma than the other heroes. In Metal Shooter we can find a wide variety for this type of videogames, which range from classic characters very similar to those of Metal Slug, to iconic characters from the world of cinema such as The Joker and the transporter, in addition to the sensual and charismatic harley quinn.

The interesting thing about Metal Shooter is that unlike other games, each hero has a special weapon that characterizes it, these weapons are not repeated between characters. In addition to the respective special weapons, each hero also has some positive characteristics, since some even have shields that take care of our life, the great disadvantage of the heroes is that the majority is obtained only by donating to the video game.

As far as the gameplay is concerned, I think we should all know the genre of video games Shoot 'em up Survive or die! Playing this video game is quite simple, we just need a little reflex and agility in the hands, it is not a videogame in which you have to be very intelligent and analytical to play it, but if you need a fairly wide finger agility.

Controls.

Something I like very much about Metal Shooter is that it allows us to organize the controls according to our convenience and comfort, that is something that most videogames of this genre do not allow. To move we use the circle with the dates, we just have to place our finger there and move according to what we want. The circles on the lower right, the one with the grenade symbol, is used only for throwing grenades, the large circle with points (similary to the circle that it generates when aiming a weapon) is used to shoot. Finally, the circle of the up arrow is used to jump, in this case we can jump and move sideways with the movement circle on the left, very good strategy to dodge attacks.

Potentiators.

In the Metal Shooter store we can find a series of objects that make it easier for us to advance in different scenarios, gold is used to improve our equipment, such as weapons and grenades, I personally recommend improving the grenade as much as possible, which is usually very useful against mines and bosses. The briefcases serve to revive our character in uncomfortable moments where it becomes tedious to return, for each briefcase that is used in a single play, multiply by two the next use.

Enemies.

Metal Shooter has four types of enemies, which are divided into subjects and soldiers. Followed by heavy machinery such as tanks. Subsequently there are the mini bosses such as helicopters and airplanes. Finally there are the very annoying and tedious to eliminate final bosses. Knowing that Metal Shooter in a videogame for mobile devices, it turns out to be quite difficult in many occasions to defeat the final boss, you do not have the same agility in the hands in a console control as in the screen of our mobile device. It is important to mention that the video game provides us with different weapons to the lengths of the stages, with the intention of making our work a bit easier.

Currently there are official emulators for android distributed with the authorization of SNK, but really their controls are very bad, just read a bit the reviews of the store to know what I'm talking about. Although there is a way to play the original version with the emulator, many people prefer to play Metal Shooter, and no wonder, since it is even free, unlike the officially distributed.

Personally, I highly recommend this video game, as it allows us to remember those years where we spent hours playing Metal Slug, which is why, in my opinion, this videogame is an act for a larger audience at 13 years old, since it contains a bit of violence and stories of war, is already under the conscience of everyone.

My rating for the game is 6/10, because the game itself is excellent, but as I was playing I realized that it has some errors that make the hero is stagnant and as a solution can only restart the game, that's something that takes a lot of value out of a video game.